Leo

Naw, i wouldn’t go that far and say that i corrected you. We’re just talking and exchanging ideas here. You stated your opinion, i disagreed with it and i explained why. Your opinion is no less valid or correct than mine or anyone else’s. And no need to apologize for your post, haa.
 
Continuing on this subject though, because i think there's a lot of good stuff to talk about here, something i love so much about Lana Del Rey is how much of a ‘90s/early 2000s kid she is. Nirvana, Britney Spears, Guns N' Roses, Biggie Smalls, but with that very crucial component of having one foot planted firmly in the past, and all the inspirations and obsessions that come along with that--Elvis, Americana, old Hollywood, etc. She’s a little too old to have grown up with the internet and YouTube, but she’s still very much a product of it. That is just so apparent in all her homemade videos. And part of that is the whole webcam aesthetic: kids sitting in their poorly-lit room in front of the computer, un-self-consciously hamming up the camera, knowing you’re alone in your room, that no one is looking, you’ve got your ridiculous wigs on and you’re dancing like a fool. There are no pretenses there about the “right” lighting and camera angles and even picture quality. Forget that, leave that to the people who already shot the footage that she’s stealing and splicing into her videos. And i even love the fact that rather than, say, scouring for old VHS videos at the library and thrift stores, she just gets the footage directly off of YouTube, including the atrocious quality and compression artifacts. It’s like she’s wearing it on her sleeve and reminding us that she’s of her generation and time. It’s great, i don’t think she’s trying to fool anyone or pretend as if she transcends her era or anything. And i think this is where a lot of the magic in her whole persona, artistry, and aesthetic comes in--that highly idiosyncratic conflation of influences, styles, and ethos that form something without precedent. She is neither here nor there, but at the same time, as i mentioned before, she’s totally right here in the present, sort of holding a mirror up to the past--albeit a highly romanticized one. She could not have materialized as the artist we have come to know as Lana Del Rey any other way or time but the here and now.
 
Oh, and what you said about how she pushes your buttons...that, too, is why i’m here right now. She’s flawed and a lot of her choices are rather questionable. But that’s exciting. I don't want some perfect package that is always doing the right and artistically-sound thing. I want the hiccups, missteps, the warts and all. The Brite Lites video, a little embarrassing? Sure. And like you yourself said, awkward. But that’s a real person sitting in their home without any pretenses, and that sort of clumsy, incongruous pairing of music style and imagery is refreshingly baffling and inviting. At least i think so.

For me, it's Lanas number one song. A true masterpiece..

For me, it's Lanas number one song. A true masterpiece..

For me, it's Lanas number one song. A true masterpiece..

I think lana could do a good strip tease to the intro to 'playing dangerous'

You and I would have to if we met right now.

From my own personal drug battles, I can tell you that just because she did a drug doesn't mean she was addicted to it. I've done every drug out there, I did several of them on a weekly basis, but I was only really addicted to one. People are addicted to the high more than the actual drugs themselves, well in less extreme cases anyway. She may have been addicted to 'yayo', but did meth as a cheaper high, since around the years provided, you could buy a bottle of cough syrup & make meth. That's what, $5 or so bottle vs $20 or so for an ounce of yayo. A bottle could last you a day or two, an ounce could last a few hours, if that. No question about her doing drugs, just the extent of her use. I just think if she was really addicted to meth you'd be able to tell now. I did it for about 4 months recreationally and you can still tell with me... and that was about 3 years ago. I'm just glad that she's clean now. Drugs are a rough road to go down, it breaks my heart hearing of anyone struggling with it.

Tbh I am 999% sure that correspondence from Lizzy to May is fake. It all sounds way too convenient with the "other woman" thing and all the references to K and Ray (after the so-called "Rayse" early mix surfacing recently). Plus the writing style sounds a bit immature and not as eloquent as I'd expect from Lizzy. And I hope to god she knows the different between to and too.

Well, Elvis is great... On his own. Here he's just bloody annoying
But thanks for the info!

I know that some of you don’t think that this is a competition worth caring about and I agree to some extent. However, I think Lana would be very happy to win because it would no doubt be a sign of a very large and devoted fan base. I know there’s an ongoing leak storm right now but if you who would like her to win, please take your time once in a while and vote for her, because she is being severely beaten by Pattinson at this moment…

It's insanely good!
Definitely already up there with her greatest work in my opinion. I mean how is it that this girl can sing and write songs in such a wide spectrum of emotions and atmospheres and still manage to make it sound 100 % sincere and straight from her heart? We already knew she could do it with melancholy, nostalgia, sorrow, desire, playfulness, mischief etc but as some of you already pointed out we haven't heard her this angry/frustrated/aggressive before. I'm trying to avoid exaggeration here but it's difficult...
 
Ah what the hell, I've never heard any other musician that could capture and deliver so many different moods as convincing as Lana Del Rey!

I think it's the angry overtone. I can't think of any other Lana song that sounds even remotely upset like this....it's a side of Lizzy/Lana that we knew existed, but never had heard more clearly.
 
Imagine a four-song EP released with this + a few more 'angry' songs...that would be incredible.

Since I haven’t been around in this amazing (and amazingly confusing) world of Lana’s for very long, I don’t really know which of my opinions qualify as unpopular ones. I’ll just have to go by what I’ve picked up while exploring Lanaboards, combined with pure guesses. So here’s what might make you people question my intelligence, personality, hearing abilities or whatever:
 
1. I like Big Bad Wolf, Brite Lites, Dark Paradise, Oh Can You See, Gangsta Boy, Jealous Girl and her versions of Blue Velvet and The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA. I like them a lot. To give you some perspective: I strongly prefer all of them over songs like Blue Jeans, Gramma, National Anthem, Mermaid Motel, Summertime Sadness and Trash Magic.
 
2. Radio (Demo) >> Radio
 
3. Video Games and Ride are two of my absolute favorite Lana songs (I refuse to believe that this opinion isn’t somewhat unpopular among you, since it’s so ridiculously popular!)
 
4. Try Tonight is the peak of Sirens.
 
5. I hate her nails, but I’m not bothered at all by her “lack” of boobs.
 
I’m going to finish with something that makes me hate myself. A small and very selfish part of me (very small, mark my words, but still it’s there) doesn’t want her to be TOO happy, in fear of what that might do to her songwriting. There, I said it. Luckily, 98% of me still wish her all the luck and happiness in the world.

I love big bad wolf lol